Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-08-18

Enny man Whe has kept setlnoi teF
ten Years oaght Ia be nhA'te a major
general aud have u t'tlsshnn for the
rost I'll his daY~- aud a hess y
wagon 10 do his going setNd Ia, ~=tasA
ht!!5sgS,
Herbert Speavet, IN his treatise an
education. SAY. 10 prepare tts
for eemeiese living is the function
which education has te discharge,
and the ontN rational mode II
Judging of an educational course IL
TO judge in what degree it discharges
such function,
me man is the wiser for his hooks
until he is ahaSe them, How abavo
theme Not until his mind has actually
acquired their caatentS, his spirit and
Judgment restrained. enthuaed, aati
enlightened by their rules. principles.
preoepts. etc, -iSVf l. 4, .t;tStsa.
LatssSts!!s. q
Let il be cur hope ia make u gentle~
man of every youth who is pat under
our charge,-not y conventional gen.
tleman. hut a man of culture, II man at
Refinement, with that good taste which
is the conscience of the mind. aud that
conscience which is the good taste of
the soul-iaaeS RrSseu LeaaeiE
We believe in pictures, They appeal
10 the eye promptly, conveying infar~
nation III "a complete and eomprehon-
| sise form. To see a picture is The next
thing 10 Witnessing an event with ones
| own ewes. Children take To pictures;
they will look ut the anne picture over
| and W. again. and never grow weary
of having it shown and the story told
which il represents.-nr, EtRceat.
heard Il teacher remark once that
she would rather have her children
happy, and have their love, if her
| Schoulroom wasn't so very orderly.
Very good. indeed; | like that. But it
seems 10 mo that, if she did but know
il, she was just the teacher who could,
by a few gentle. smiling words, and a
little painstaking, give those children
Il schooiroom into which they would
be proud tt have their friends ONE
Salem Gazette.
In the work of the Schoulroom,
while ever carefully seeking for better
WAYS. We have Striren IL make the guou
c~oHtdgioHS. aR8 Fttist all 10 TIE ffret Of
the best; 10 bring the peculiar excel
ences of individual teachers to the
notice of others, and thus, by mutual
example and assistance. free from
rivalries and jealousies. become sharers
in whatever has been found most
useful in matters of instruction
and discipline. Especially have WE
sought to induce that hearty sym
pathy between teacher and pupil whicl
should render the school efficient il
developing in the pupils upright
strong, and worthy characters.-Snpt
George Hoecland, Chicago.
To be an educated man in the high
set sense, is TO be a complete man
strong, active, intelligent, wise, good
. useful, and happy.-Gen. T: J. Morgan
The teacher is the life of the school
If oxygen representing scarcely NOR
than one-ifth part of the atmospher
is essential to the support of physiea
l life, so is the teacher, though he be bu
= one factor in the complex eaucationa
: system, the vital one, Without hin
5 the school dieS.-PreS. J. L. EarT
. Kansas.
assume that the schools are estai
: lished for healthy. and not for sickl
!, pupils. and : oIid be Judged according
". do not believe tina the amour
of mental application now Imposed
. greater than will be found 10 tHtye bee
D required from sci.uol children at an
: time in tie whole history nf education
:, since >cil1si~ We're first estab!iShcd.-
Dr.. j. i. Ho+au, Supervisor o! Hggfeni
Instruction., BOSton.